Meet Our Team

Whether you are optimizing your sports performance or coming back from an injury, helping you achieve your goals is a team effort. Our doctors, specialists, physical therapists, athletic trainers and strength coaches are on the cutting edge of sports medicine – from treating professional and Olympic athletes to conducting research on human performance and injury prevention.

Examples of research interests include knee-related surgeries and transplantation, ice hockey injuries, epidemiology of sports injury, and concussion prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Edward Laskowski, M.D.

Co-Director, Sports Medicine Center

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Consultant, NHL Players Association

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Winter Olympics Team Physician

Expert in non-surgical interventions for sports related injuries and Population Health and Wellness.

Examples of research interests include sports medicine performance enhancement and injury rehabilitation, flexibility, stability and strength training, as well as proprioception, exercise for population health and fitness, and sports for people with disabilities.

Jonathan Finnoff, D.O.

Medical Director for Mayo Clinic Square, Sports Medicine Center

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine

Former professional athlete and expert in non-surgical treatment of sports injuries

Team Physician, Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx

Head Team Physician, Nordic Combined Team (ski jumping and cross-country skiing)

Expert in complex shoulder repair/reconstruction for instability and capsulolabral pathology, knee reconstruction for patellofemoral instability and arthritis, shoulder and knee injuries specific to the throwing athlete, and shoulder and knee injuries in skeletally-immature patients.

Examples of research interests include patellofemoral instability and arthritis, ACL reconstruction, shoulder instability in young athletes, and knee injuries in Major League Baseball players.

Nancy Cummings, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery for Mayo Clinic Square, Sports Medicine Center

Team Physician, Minnesota Timberwolves

Head Team Physician, Minnesota Lynx

Critical Issues Committee of the American Orthopaedic Association 2012-present

Examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 2004-present

Team Physician for the University of Maine Farmington/Carrabassett Valley Academy 2002-2014

Ethics Committee of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 2009-2013

President of the Maine Medical Association 2011-2012

Member of the AOA Institute of Orthopeadic Medicine Task Force on Industry Relations

Examples of research interests include improving the rehabilitation of Wounded Warriors, developing advanced prosthetics and orthotics, improving wheelchair mobility, designing and developing a pressure microsensor that will measure muscle force in vivo, and developing methods for field-based monitoring of human movement.

Aaron Krych, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

Expert in cartilage restoration and biologic preservation of the knee, including meniscus transplant, as well as treating the athletic hip including arthroscopic hip surgical procedures, and shoulder instability.

Examples of research interests include treatment of the multi-ligament injured/dislocated knee, treatment for femoral acetabular impingement (FAI), hip arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and treatment of meniscal tears in patients with osteoarthritis.

Karen Newcomer, M.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Examples of research interests include teaching musculoskeletal education to medical students, and residents as teachers of undergraduate medical education, especially in musculoskeletal medicine.

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